Motorcyclist hurt following head-on collision with car

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Jun 30, 2014 at 10:31 AMJun 30, 2014 at 10:47 AM

ROLLINSFORD — A motorcyclist was taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital with serious injuries early this morning after a head-on collision with a car on Route 4. The accident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. between General John Sullivan Way and Short Street.

ROLLINSFORD — A motorcyclist was taken to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital with serious injuries early this morning after a head-on collision with a car on Route 4.

The accident occurred shortly after 8 a.m. between General John Sullivan Way and Short Street.

Cars traveling in both directions had slowed to avoid a live power line that had fallen off a house into the street, according to police and fire officials at the accident scene.

Investigators believe a Hyundai Sonata sedan traveling west toward Dover left its lane and hit the BMW motorcycle, which was traveling east toward South Berwick, Maine.

The impact threw the rider about 50 feet, said Rollinsford Fire Chief Mark Rutherford. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The 18-year-old woman driving the Hyundai was shaken up but not hurt, the chief said. The late-model sedan with Maine plates sustained front-end damage in the crash.

Police did not release the identities of either motorist. More details are expected later today.

It’s not clear what caused the power line to fall off the house. A Public Service of New Hampshire crew removed the line from the roadway and reattached it to the house by 9:45 a.m.

Route 4 was blocked for at least two hours while emergency crews responded and police accident investigators gathered information. Eastbound traffic was detoured at General John Sullivan Way, while westbound vehicles were detoured through Short Street.

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